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(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 16, 2011.)

NEW YORK — First, the good news. Long Island Rail Road trains broke down less frequently last year than they did in the previous five years.

The bad news: the trains were late more often. The weather gets a big part of the blame.

LIRR President Helena Williams concedes in a Newsday interview that 2010 “was a very challenging year.”

The full story appears on the Wall Street Journal website.